Is libresolv part of glibc?

[Nikolaos Chatzikonstantinou]

On Thu, Nov 7, 2024 at 3:47 PM Nikolaos Chatzikonstantinou
<nchatz314@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Nov 7, 2024 at 3:06 AM Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com> wrote:
> >
> > * Nikolaos Chatzikonstantinou via Libc-help:
> >
> > > Could you please clarify if libresolv is part of glibc, and if so,
> > > where can I read more about it?
> >
> > On GNU systems, libresolv is provided by glibc.  The code originated
> > with mostly BIND 4 (with some parts taken from early BIND 8 releases).
> > I don't know where it is documented in full (Stevens, UNIX Network
> > Programming only describes only a tiny part of it).
> >
> > In general, if you need a DNS client library, you should consider
> > looking elsewhere.  The code is very old and difficult to maintain for
> > various reasons.
>
> Thank you for clarifying. I've since located the code under the
> resolv/ directory of the glibc repository. Should this information be
> part of resolv/README and the glibc manual? To have a note
> discouraging users from using it in new projects. If you'd like, I'll
> send a patch.

Is this of interest or not?

Regards,
Nikolaos Chatzikonstantinou